Even though we might be talking about healthy eating for quite young children here, I will still tell you a little bit about my son who is in 9th grade because it relates to what I said earlier. He eats something like the second option I described above, just more fruits. And that is great of course and he is rarely sick. Read more about how to keep kids healthy here.

Smoothies are are great way to get healthy stuff in.

Did you know that ginger in smoothies and raw soups can hide the taste of other ingredients, because it's quite a dominant flavor? So a good idea would also be to teach your kids to like ginger, if they don't already.

Today I made a healthy raw soup, the recipe was my son's idea in a way. He said: make a smoothie, something with carrots. And ginger.

I never put carrots in our smoothies, so I wad surprised. I decided I would make a carrot apple ginger smoothie/raw soup with some lemon and a small banana to help the texture become more smooth. And water of course.

It turned out quite well, and the most important thing is that my son liked it. Usually he has some natural inclination of always leaving some food on the plate or in the glass, so he would only eat or drink only eats 3/4 of what what I give him, but this time he ate all of his share.

Oh, in this soup I also added a teaspoon of dried hawsthorn berries. They are supposed to be really healthy, full of essential fatty acids, omega 3, omega 6 and 7! They grow up north, far out on small islands in the archipelago.

Food in School

Something that worries me a little is that in my son's opinion the food at school isn't good quality (and of course he might have a point there), so he doesn't go to the cafeteria at noon like the others. Instead he eats dinner when he gets home around 4 pm (so more like his lunch) and then he has a second meal around 7 or 8 pm. After that he still has his evening snack around 9.30 pm, which is tea and fruit.

Here Are Some Children Eating Healthy Food :)

He has never been someone who gets tired early. Rarely goes to sleep
before 11. But then again, he is already quite 'old' -
I wouldn't advice any young kids following his example ;)

Weaning Kids of off Junk Food

When trying to make sure your children are eating healthy and weaning
them off of having junk, what I would suggest is to try and live with
the
wining and complaining for a while. When they get used to
new foods and food products that you buy, the wining will slowly die
out.

What if the two parents don't agree?

Often when parents are not in agreement with what's good food
and what isn't, it can become a big stress factor in the family.

For
example, mom maybe lets the kids eat candy but dad might be a
nutritionist or maybe even a dentist (!) and might have strong views about
candy consumption - or the other way around.

Or, imagine mom is vegetarian and dad follows the paleo diet or Atkins
(lots of meat and no carbs)... I actually know one mom who is a raw
vegan and her husband always wonders why she doesn't want to give this
or that to their kids. It causes a lot of friction in their every day
lives.

Same
thing if extended family members want to have their say all the time. It can be terribly hard. I hear stories like that all the time.

My advice if that's you? Just hang in there and stand your ground. Learn more and more about
nutrition for kids so you will have an easier time defending your views if necessary.

Another quite effective strategy is to just smile, but know deep inside what you know is your truth.

People are scared of all kinds of
changes and anything that differs from the 'norm'. But you know what you
want and that is the most important.

Keep your children's future
health
in mind and just keep feeding them your own way. And if you need any
advice or any specific nutrition facts or want to know the nutrition
requirements for toddlers or older kids, I'm here.

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